Brave battle friends

$8.50

Brave animals have helped people in wars throughout history. The book looks at four animals’ stories – a packhorse called Bill, a clever Pointer dog, a bomb-sniffing German Shepherd dog and a little grey kitten who is smuggled onto a battleship.

Phonics overview (see Teacher Resources page for more details):

  • Builds on knowledge gained from Reading Road 3 and Reading Road 4 (simple code, complex code, 46 alternate graphemes)
  • Introduction of 24 new alternate graphemes for known phonemes
  • Inside front cover focuses on some of the alternate graphemes and gives focus words for the book
  • Inside back cover gives suggested discussion points for after reading
  • Reinforcement and consolidation of phonics knowledge learnt in the Sunshine Phonics Decodables programme
  • Non-fiction themes of interest to upper primary age students
  • Full-colour high quality photography and illustration
  • 28 pages
  • 148mm x 210mm
  • Free teaching notes and student worksheets available from the Teacher Resources page